Studio Dragon

Studio Dragon Corporation (Korean: 스튜디오드래곤 주식회사) is a South Korean drama production, marketing and distribution company under CJ ENM Entertainment Division. It was established on May 3, 2016, as a spin-off from E&M's drama division.^[15] In 2018, Studio Dragon became a subsidiary of CJ ENM after their previous parent company, CJ E&M, was merged into CJ ENM.

Studio Dragon Corporation

Logo since 2022
Native name	스튜디오드래곤 주식회사
Company type	Public
Traded as	KRX: 253450 KOSDAQ Component
Industry	Drama series
Predecessor	CJ E&M Drama Division
Founded	May 3, 2016; 9 years ago (2016-05-03) in Seoul, South Korea
Founder	CJ E&M
Headquarters	Unit 1701, 17th Floor, Dong-A Digital Media Center (DDMC), Maebongsan-ro 75, Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul , South Korea
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Jang Kyung-ik (president and CEO)[1][2][3]
Services	drama production and distribution
Total equity	11 billion won (2016)
Owner	[a] CJ ENM Co., Ltd.: 54.46%[3][4] Naver Corporation: 6.25%[3][4][5] Netflix Worldwide Production, LLC: 4.68%[4][6] Fidelity Management & Research Co. LLC: 2.42%[3] PineBridge Investments Asia Ltd.: 1.14%[3] Samsung Asset Management Co., Ltd.: 0.90%[3] Norges Bank Investment Management: 0.89%[3] The Vanguard Group, Inc.: 0.64%[3] Kim Sun-jung: 0.35%[3] JPMorgan Asset Management (Asia Pacific) Ltd.: 0.29%[3] Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P.: 0.19%[3] Other shareholders (including public stock): 27.79%
Number of employees	166,[3] as of June 2022
Parent	CJ ENM Entertainment Division
Subsidiaries	Culture Depot[7][8] Hwa&Dam Pictures[9][8] KPJ Corporation[10][8] GTist Co., Ltd.[11] Gill Pictures Co., Ltd.[12]
Website	www.studiodragon.net
Footnotes / references [13][14]

The company joined the KOSDAQ index of the Korea Exchange, the same index where its parent company is listed, through an initial public offering on November 24, 2017.^[16][17][18]

Studio Dragon has partnered with Netflix to carry dozens of tvN dramas like Crash Landing on You and It's Okay to Not Be Okay on the platform. Their partnership was expected to expire in 2022 as CJ ENM, founder of Studio Dragon, has decided to focus on TVING following the merger with KT Seezn,^[19] which also owned minority shares on KT StudioGenie, who founded the streaming platform Seezn (ko).^[20]

Logo

Studio Dragon's logo, which it calls the "Drama Paragon", was inspired by Cintamani, a wish-fulfilling jewel within both Hindu and Buddhist traditions. It represents Asian culture, which the company wants to glorify through every production it makes. The logo, made by Korean brand design company BRANDMAJOR,^[21] was first introduced in the 2016 drama Squad 38.

Related companies

Subsidiaries

• Culture Depot (CEO: Jang Jin-wook)^[22][8]
• GT:st (CEO: Lee Dong-goo)^[23][24]
• Gill Pictures (CEO Park Min-yeop)^[25][26][27]
• Hwa&Dam Pictures (CEO: Yoon Ha-rim)^[8][28]
• KPJ Corporation (CEO: Jang Jin-wook)^[8][29]
• Merrycow (Founder: Song Jae-jeong)
• Movierock (CEO Kim Jae-joong)^[30]
• Next Scene (Cofounder: Park Shin-woo and Oh Chung-hwan)^[31][32]

Joint ventures

• Mega Monster (with kakao M) (CEO: Lee Jun-ho)^[33][b]
• Studio Dragon Japan (with Line Digital Frontier)^[36]

Affiliate companies

• AStory (CEO: Lee Sang-baek)
• JS Pictures (CEO: Lee Jin-suk)^[c]

Partner entities

Current partners

• LOEN Entertainment^[37]
• Amazon.com^[38]
• Netflix^[38]
• Paramount Global^[38] (until 2025)
• Warner Bros. Discovery^[39]
• Skydance Media (until 2025)
• AMC Networks^[38]
• ITV^[38]
• Lazada Group^[40]
• Paramount Skydance
• TBS Television

Former partners

• DramaFever^[41] (until 2018)

Special projects

• O'PEN (with CJ ENM, CJ Entertainment, and CJ Cultural Foundation)^[42][43]

Currently managed talents

As of November 2017 Studio Dragon managed 133 directors and writers under its different subsidiaries and affiliates.^[44]

Directors

Studio Dragon Lee Na-jung Lee Yoon-jung Lee Eung-bok Park Hong-kyun Yoo Je-won

JS Pictures Kim Do-Hoon (ko) Kim Sang-ho (ko) Kim Byungsoo Kwon Seok-jang (ko) Kim Yoon-cheol (ko) Ahn Pan-seok Lee Min-woo Lee Jong-jae Lee Chang-han Lee Tae-gon (ko) Lee Jin-seok (ko) (founder/CEO)

Gt:st Hong Jong-chan Kim Kyu-tae

Next Scene Park Shin-woo Oh Chung-hwan

Mega Monster Kim Jung-min

Scriptwriters

Studio Dragon Park Ba-ra Shin Ha-eun Culture Depot Park Ji-eun

Gill Pictures Kim Yoon Kim Min-seok Gt:st Noh Hee-kyung Hwa&Dam Pictures Kim Eun-sook

KPJ Kim Young-hyun Park Sang-yeon (ko)

JS Pictures Kim Hyun-hee Kim Jung-eun Ma Joo-hee (ko) Baek Mi-kyung Yang Jin-ah Lee Ji-hyo Lee Jin-mae Go Jung-won Jung Ha-na

Mega Monster Jo Eun-jung Jung Ji-woo (ko) Yoon Sung-hee Do Hyun-jung Kang Sung-jin Nam Sang-wook

Formerly managed talents

Actors

Culture Depot Park Min-young Jo Jung-suk Ko So-young Claudia Kim Jun Ji-hyun Seo Ji-hye Yoon Ji-on Yoon Ji-min Kim So-hyun Han Dong-ho

JS Pictures Yoon So-yi Jo Sung-yoon (ko) Son Hyo-eun Lee Da-hae Yoon Hyun-min Lee Seung-joon Ahn Woo-yeon Park Eun-seok So Hee-jung Kim Min-young Yoon Jin-sol (ko) (Jewelry former member) Jeon Ye-seo Lee Joo Hyung (ko) Mi Ram (ko) Park Seo-yeon Kim-bit Na-ri Geum Chae-an Cha Yeon-woo Kang Seung-wan (ko)

Directors

Studio Dragon Kim Won-seok

Scriptwriters

AStory Kim Eun-hee

Gill Pictures Park Jae-beom

Production works

See also: Category:Television series by Studio Dragon

As production company

Year	Title	Network	Associated Production	Ref.
2016	Shuttle Love Millennium (zh)	Hunan TV	Hunan TV EE-Media
	Another Miss Oh	tvN	Chorokbaem Media
	Dear My Friends	tvN	GT Entertainment
	Squad 38	OCN	S.M. C&C
	The Good Wife	tvN
	On the Way to the Airport	KBS2
	Woman with a Suitcase	MBC TV
	Entourage	tvN
	The Legend of the Blue Sea	SBS TV	Culture Depot
2017	Circle	tvN	tvN KPJ Corporation
	My Golden Life	KBS2
	Bravo My Life	SBS TV	Hwa&Dam Pictures
	Drama Stage	tvN
2018	Children of a Lesser God	OCN	KPJ Corporation
	The Guest	OCN
	The Smile Has Left Your Eyes	tvN	Fuji Television The Unicorn
	Dear My Room	Olive	Studio 605
2019	Love Alarm	Netflix	Hidden Sequence Netflix Services Korea
	Touch Your Heart	tvN	Mega Monster Zium Content
	Arthdal Chronicles	tvN	KPJ Corporation
	Doctor John	SBS TV	KPJ Corporation
	Watcher	OCN
	The Lies Within	OCN
	Crash Landing on You	tvN	Culture Depot
2020	Once Again	KBS2	Bon Factory Worldwide
	My Holo Love	Netflix	Netflix Services Korea
	Sweet Home	Netflix	Studio N	[45]
	The King: Eternal Monarch	SBS TV	Hwa&Dam Pictures
	My Unfamiliar Family	tvN
2021	Navillera	tvN	The Great Show
	Kingdom: Ashin of the North	Netflix	BA Entertainment Baram Pictures
	Doom at Your Service	tvN	Studio&NEW
	Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha	tvN	GTist
	The Devil Judge	tvN	Studio&NEW
	Happiness	tvN
	Secret Royal Inspector & Joy	tvN	Mongjakso
	Bad and Crazy	tvN	Mink Entertainment
2022	Ghost Doctor	tvN	Bon Factory Worldwide	[46]
	Twenty-Five Twenty-One	tvN	Hwa&Dam Pictures	[46]
	Our Blues	tvN	GTist	[46]
	Alchemy of Souls	tvN	High Quality (Part 1) TS Narincinema (Part 2)	[47][48]
	Little Women	tvN		[46]
	Behind Every Star	tvN	Baram Pictures
	Big Mouth	MBC TV	AStory A-Man Project
	Start-Up PH	GMA Network	GMA Entertainment Group
	Connect	Disney+	Lee'z Film Studio HIM
	Island	TVING	YLab (ko) Gilstory Ent
2023	Pandora: Beneath the Paradise	tvN	Chorokbaem Media
	Lies Hidden in My Garden	ENA	KT Studio Genie Film Dorothy
	Celebrity	Netflix	Kim Jong-hak Production How Pictures
	Doona!	Netflix	Show Runners Studio N
	The Big Door Prize	Apple TV+	Skydance Television	[49]
2023–2024	Gyeongseong Creature	Netflix	Story & Pictures Media Kakao Entertainment
2024	Queen of Tears	tvN	Culture Depot Showrunners
	The Midnight Romance in Hagwon	tvN	JS Pictures
	Hierarchy	Netflix
	The Whirlwind	Netflix	Pan Entertainment
	Love Next Door	tvN	The Modori Showrunners
	Dear Hyeri	ENA	Studio Him
	Dongjae, the Good or the Bastard	TVING tvN	Ace Factory
	Love Your Enemy	tvN	Blitzway Studio
2025	Dear Hongrang	Netflix	Acemaker Movieworks H House EO Contents Group
	Head over Heels	tvN	Dexter Pictures EO Contents Group	[50]
	Genie, Make a Wish	Netflix	Hwa&Dam Pictures	[51][52]
	Nice to Not Meet You	tvN	Studio&NEW Artist Company
The Price of Confession	Netflix	Production H	[53]
2026	Undercover Miss Hong	tvN	Celltrion Entertainment	[54]

As planner/creator/developer

Year	Title	Network	Production Companies	Ref.
2016	Bring It On, Ghost	tvN	Creative Leaders Group 8 (ko) The Unicorn
	Cinderella with Four Knights	tvN	HB Entertainment (ko)
	The K2	tvN	HB Entertainment (ko)
	Guardian: The Lonely and Great God	tvN	Hwa&Dam Pictures
2017	Voice	OCN	Content K
	Introverted Boss	tvN	KBS Media Introverted Boss SPC
	Tomorrow, with You	tvN	Celltrion Entertainment
	The Liar and His Lover	tvN	Bon Factory Worldwide
	Tunnel	OCN	The Unicorn
	Chicago Typewriter	tvN	The Unicorn
	Duel	OCN	Chorokbaem Media
	Stranger	tvN	Signal Entertainment Group IOK Media
	The Bride of Habaek	tvN	Number Three Pictures
	Criminal Minds	tvN	Taewon Entertainment (ko)
	Save Me	OCN	Hidden Sequence
	Live Up to Your Name	tvN	Bon Factory Worldwide
	Argon	tvN	Daydream Entertainment
	Black	OCN	iWill Media
	Bad Guys 2	OCN	Urban Works Media
	Avengers Social Club	tvN	JS Pictures
	A Korean Odyssey	tvN	JS Pictures
	Revolutionary Love	tvN	Samhwa Networks
	Because This Is My First Life	tvN	MI Inc.
	The Most Beautiful Goodbye	tvN	GTist
2018	Mother	tvN	The Unicorn
	Cross	tvN	Logos Film
	Live	tvN	GTist
	My Mister	tvN	Chorokbaem Media
	Lawless Lawyer	tvN	Logos Film
	About Time	tvN	Story TV
	Mistress	OCN	Chorokbaem Media
	What's Wrong with Secretary Kim	tvN	Bon Factory Worldwide
	Life on Mars	OCN	Production H
	Mr. Sunshine	tvN	Hwa&Dam Pictures
	Familiar Wife	tvN	Chorokbaem Media
	Voice 2	OCN	Content K
	Room No. 9	tvN	Kim Jong-hak Production
	100 Days My Prince	tvN	AStory
	Player	OCN	iWill Media
	Tale of Fairy	tvN	JS Pictures
	Memories of the Alhambra	tvN	Chorokbaem Media
	Encounter	tvN	Bon Factory Worldwide
	Priest	OCN	Crave Works
	Quiz of God: Reboot	OCN	Curo Holdings Eight Works
2019	Abyss	tvN	Neo Entertainment
	Romance Is a Bonus Book	tvN	Story & Pictures Media
	He Is Psychometric	tvN	JS Pictures
	The Crowned Clown	tvN	GTist
	Confession	tvN	Ace Factory
	Designated Survivor: 60 Days	tvN	DK E&M	[55]
	Her Private Life	tvN	Bon Factory Worldwide
	Hotel del Luna	tvN	GTist
	The Great Show	tvN	Huayi Brothers Lotte Cultureworks
	Miss Lee	tvN	Logos Film
	Melting Me Softly	tvN	Story Phoenix
	Search: WWW	tvN	Hwa&Dam Pictures
	Crash Landing on You	tvN	Culture Depot
	Catch the Ghost	tvN	Logos Film
	Psychopath Diary	tvN	KeyEast
	Black Dog: Being A Teacher	tvN	Urban Works
	Possessed	OCN	Daydream Entertainment
	Kill It	OCN	Crave Works
	Voice 3	OCN	Content K
	Save Me 2	OCN	Hidden Sequence
	Class of Lies	OCN	JS Pictures
	The Running Mates: Human Rights	OCN	Daydream Entertainment
2020	Money Game	tvN	JS Pictures
	Hi Bye, Mama!	tvN	MI Inc.	[56]
	A Piece of Your Mind	tvN	The Unicorn Movie Rock	[56]
	The Cursed	tvN	Lezhin Studio	[56]
	Record of Youth	tvN	Pan Entertainment	[56]
	Flower of Evil	tvN	Monster Union	[56]
	Oh My Baby	tvN	Studio&NEW	[56]
	Stranger (season 2)	tvN	Ace Factory	[56]
	Memorist	tvN	Studio 605	[56]
	When My Love Blooms	tvN	Bon Factory Worldwide	[56]
	True Beauty	tvN	Bon Factory Worldwide Studio N
	It's Okay to Not Be Okay	tvN	Story TV Goldmedalist	[56]
	Tale of the Nine Tailed	tvN	How Pictures
	Start-Up	tvN	History D&C	[56]
	Awaken	tvN	Kim Jong-hak Production Story Vine Pictures
	Mr. Queen	tvN	Crave Works YG Studioplex
	Rugal	OCN	Lian Entertainment
	Tell Me What You Saw	OCN	H House
	Train	OCN	Doframe
	Missing: The Other Side	OCN	MAYS Entertainment
	The Uncanny Counter	OCN	Neo Entertainment
2021	L.U.C.A.: The Beginning	tvN	H House Take One Company
	Jirisan	tvN	AStory Baram Pictures
	Vincenzo	tvN	Logos Film
	My Roommate Is a Gumiho	tvN	Drama House JTBC Studios Zium Content
	Mine	tvN	JS Pictures
	Times	OCN	Story Hunter
	Hometown	tvN	C-JeS Entertainment
	Voice 4	tvN	Story & Pictures Media
	The Road: The Tragedy of One	tvN	The Great Show
2022	A Superior Day	OCN	iWill Media
	Under the Queen's Umbrella	tvN	How Pictures
2023	My Lovely Liar	tvN	Big Ocean ENM Supermoon Pictures
	Twinkling Watermelon	tvN	Pan Entertainment
	Song of the Bandits	Netflix	Urban Works Media Baram Pictures
	A Bloody Lucky Day	TVING	Paramount Global The Great Show Studio N	[57]
2024	Wedding Impossible	tvN	Studio 329
	The Auditors	tvN	Filcon Studio
2025	When the Stars Gossip	tvN	KeyEast MYM Entertainment	[58]
	Study Group	TVING	Ylab Plex
	My Dearest Nemesis	tvN	Studio N	[59]
	Second Shot at Love	tvN	How Pictures	[59]
	Our Unwritten Seoul	tvN	Monster Union Higround	[59]
	Love, Take Two	tvN	Showrunners	[59]
	Bon Appétit, Your Majesty	tvN	Filmgrida Jung Universe	[59]
	Shin's Project	tvN	Twoframe	[59]
	Typhoon Company	tvN	Imaginus Studio PIC Tree Studio	[59]
	Dear X	TVING	Monster Union Siwoo Company	[60]
	Pro Bono	tvN	Sequence One Lotte Cultureworks Studio Flow	[59]

Notes

1. As of June 2022.
2. Founded in 2014 as Story Plant and acquired by Studio Dragon's parent company in 2015, then sold to kakao M (formerly LOEN Entertainment) in 2017. Studio Dragon is the third biggest stakeholder in the company with a 10.95% stake,^[34] behind kakao M's 67.20% and the latter's sister company KakaoPage's 21.85%. As of September 1, 2018, the company is still listed under its former name on the "related companies" section on Studio Dragon's website.^[35]
3. JS Pictures is currently a separate subsidiary of CJ ENM, but is listed as an affiliate of Studio Dragon on the latter's website.^[35]